Wall Street Journal article:

New Jersey: Hidden State of Culture

( Somewhat rambly - sleep is for the weak! )

Left my list of books-read-but-not-blogged at work, so no updates on that front until Tuesday. (Which is the inauguration!!!) Actually I think I am going to follow Tari's example here, and just give myself a clean slate. On that note:

Linkblogging

Anti-Love Drug May be Ticket to Bliss: talking about oxytocin as the be-all and end-all of ( Read more... )

(Just for this post, RL will mean something different. For the usual RL, see this post at my other journal.)

What does it mean that of all the countries in the Parade of Nations, the US was the only country whose athletes were branded? (No, seriously, the polo horses on the lapels of their Ralph Lauren suit jackets were huge.) I get that RL is ( Read more... )

( Montreal, cut for excessive detail )

I plead sleep debt, your honor. (I can't stay up to watch the Daily Show or the Colbert Report anymore! *sob*)

worldserpent posted about the many many many faults of Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, and why she was entertained by it anyway. A few weeks ago lacewood made a similar, but much less forgiving post, but then went on to BECOME A FAN ANYWAY WTF. This is seriously ( Read more... )

http://kylesmithonline.com/?p=848Read more... )

Nobuta wo Produce 01: ( Read more... )

Unlocked the previous post re: possible jobs now that things are settled and I won't be er jinxing my chances. The winning combination turned out to be 1+2+5: I'm working at the library on Tuesdays and Fridays, the used bookstore on Thursdays, and the lawfirm when I feel like it on Mondays. Thanks everyone who commented on the last post! Yr. ( Read more... )

The good news is that my uncle (and my aunt's mother) are going to be fine. The bad news is that if I don't find a job by next week, I am in eminent danger of being co-opted into watching my hyperactive cousin on a REGULAR irregular basis ( Read more... )

Not actually spurred on by the latest round of LJ deletions, I have a wordpress:

http://sd.magatsu.net/blog

Hosted by the wondrous telophase. This a mirror of my livejournal since January 2006, but with all the fanfic, lj shout-out, and pointless meme parts taken out. I'd been thinking about -- ( Read more... )